Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division - Couverture rigide

Hook, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0857202154 ISBN 13 : 9780857202154

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Unknown Pleasures The story of Joy Division told by the band's legendary bassist, Peter Hook Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Joy Division changed the face of music. The sound of music. The meaning of music. Godfathers of the current alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the post-punk era, creating a new sound -- dark, hypnotic, intense - that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead and many others. The band's image, once subversive and alienating, has become an internationally renowned 'look' well documented by photographers Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins and graphic designer Peter Saville.
Inspired by the attitude, energy and sound of Punk, particularly the Sex Pistols, Peter Hook and his old school friend Bernard Sumner started a band which continues to influence popular music 35 years later, uniting with a gifted lead-singer and lyricist, Ian Curtis, and a brilliant drummer, Stephen Morris. With some cobbled together instruments and a clapped out old van, four young lads from Manchester and Salford shared the same vision and created their own unique sound in pubs and clubs first across the north-west, then across the whole of Britain, until in 1980 they had released two albums and were on the cusp of touring America. Then Ian Curtis committed suicide leaving everyone around him bereft.
Best known for the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' Hooky was at the heart of the sound that came to define an era and inspire a generation.
In the frank, no-holds-barred style that has seen his previous book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club hailed as one of the best music books of 2009, Peter 'Hooky' Hook gives us the inside story of life with Joy Division. He talks with eye-opening candour and reflection about the suicide of Ian Curtis: often seen as the "intellectual one", to Peter and the band he was just "one of the lads" and the burden of balancing his epilepsy and the demands of his domestic life only really emerged when it was too late. He covers the band's friendships and fall-outs; their rehearsals and recording sessions; and the larger-than-life characters who formed a vital part of the Joy Division legend: Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett, and more.

Revue de presse :

'Peter Hook's Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division is a lucid and unromantic account of the band's short life and a veritable treasure trove for those aforementioned fans. Indeed, the final passages of the book are truly heart-wrenching...Peter Hook has written an honest, no frills account of Joy Division in all their troubled, gloomy glory. Packed with anecdotes and insights, Unknown Pleasures is a rewarding read' Live4ever Ezine 02/10
'Despite no longer being a member of New Order (and not being on the best terms with the others), Hooky is not resting on his laurels. He's been performing with his band The Light and is just about to publish his new book Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, a memoir of the recording of that legendary first album and an insider's look at a band that has moved into myth. Peter Hook doesn't act like a myth though, he acts like a Salford lad made good. He's frank, incredibly funny, and isn't shy about talking about his book' Interview, Artrocker October issue
'Peter Hook's Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division is refreshingly no-nonsense account of the band's brief career and tell us something about them before their history was re-shaped by the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. Hook's story-telling voice is generally gruff and often hilariously droll' Uncut November issue

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857202154
• ISBN 13: 9780857202154
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336